On the Anticipation of Ethical Conflicts between Humans and Robots in Japanese Mangas

Authors

  • Stefan Krebs

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/irie141

Abstract

The following contribution examines the influence of mangas and animes on the social perception and cultural understanding of robots in Japan. Part of it is the narrow interaction between pop culture and Japanese robotics: Some examples shall serve to illustrate spill-over effects between popular robot stories and the recent development of robot technologies in Japan. The example of the famous Astro boy comics will be used to help investigate the ethical conflicts between humans and robots thematised in Japanese mangas. With a view to ethical problems the stories shall be subsumed under different categorical aspects.

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Published

2006-12-01

How to Cite

Krebs, Stefan. 2006. “On the Anticipation of Ethical Conflicts Between Humans and Robots in Japanese Mangas”. The International Review of Information Ethics 6 (December). Edmonton, Canada:63-68. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie141.

Issue

Vol. 6 (2006): Ethics in Robotics

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